Clrnc that’s point though, Shakhtar got lucky that Chelsea have a new owner willing to splash the cash at this point in time. If no one else was interested do you think they would have rejected 95m euros from us if it was the only offer on the table?
If he really wanted to come here he could have knocked back Chelsea and eventually Shakhtar would have folded. Asking about us, and finding out we wouldn’t match Chelsea’s bid isn’t him being left without an option, it’s only removing an option for him. He didn’t have to sign for Chelsea, he could have stayed. That he chose to go there tells me enough about him to know missing out doesn’t bother me.
It’s already a ridiculous fee for a player unproven at the top level, no point getting into a pointless cash war with Chelsea over him. If we matched they’d have went higher. Missing out on him won’t be the issue, responding to this and delivering someone else is the key issue for Arteta and Edu now. We’ve plenty gaps to fill and money to do it.
